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These requirements are for students who enroll in the 2022–2023 academic year. For prior year requirements, visit our catalog archive.
Bachelor’s Degree Requirements
In addition to the specific course requirements outlined on each bachelor’s degree webpage, UMGC maintains certain requirements for all bachelor’s degrees.
Get to Know the System
Study the police, courts, and corrections within the American criminal justice system.
Investigate Policies
Utilize ethical reasoning, analytical skills, and professional knowledge to investigate policies.
Present Findings
Articulate the importance of research in the social sciences.
Analyze Policies
Evaluate criminal justice public policies using analytical competencies.
Apply Principles
Apply the principles of criminal bodies of law—substantive, procedural, and evidentiary.
Demonstrate Your Skills
Design a security plan for a public service event in the community.
Get to Know the System
Study the police, courts, and corrections within the American criminal justice system.
Investigate Policies
Utilize ethical reasoning, analytical skills, and professional knowledge to investigate policies.
Present Findings
Articulate the importance of research in the social sciences.
Analyze Policies
Evaluate criminal justice public policies using analytical competencies.
Apply Principles
Apply the principles of criminal bodies of law—substantive, procedural, and evidentiary.
Demonstrate Your Skills
Design a security plan for a public service event in the community.
Admission to the Major
- GPA: 2.0
- Admission Policies: Students will be assigned a pre-criminal justice major (Pre-CRJ) designation until they have completed a minimum of 30 college or university credits with a minimum of 2.0 GPA. The credits must include ENG 101, CRJ 104, and CRJ 270.
Minor Information
- 21 Criminal Justice credits
- Includes CRJ 104, 130, 270, 301, and 432, and six upper-division credits in criminal justice.
Notes
- A student may elect to graduate under any one of the following catalogs: the year of admission, the year of graduation, or the year of the latest change of major. The catalog used cannot be more than 10 years old at the time of graduation. Requirements for graduation may vary depending on the catalog one uses. If you have questions, consult your advisor.
- All criminal justice majors must take a total of at least 42 credits in upper-division courses, including 27 credits in upper-division criminal justice courses.
- Criminal justice majors are required to complete a total of 45 credits in criminal justice. (Of this total, 27 hours must be in upper-division courses.)
- Only four physical education activity classes can be applied toward graduation.
- Every student must complete a three-credit multicultural course and a three-credit international course. Courses satisfying other requirements may simultaneously satisfy the multicultural and international requirements, except one course cannot satisfy both the multicultural and the international requirements.
The Bachelor of Arts degree in Criminal Justice is intended to provide students with a critical understanding of the nature and causes of crime and delinquency, the origins and meaning of law and social control (with emphasis on criminal law), the nature of the criminal justice system and the processing of cases through that system, and proposals for reducing crime and
delinquency. The program is designed to broadly educate students, to prepare students for careers in various criminal justice settings, and to pursue graduate education. For information regarding accreditation at UNLV, please head over to Academic Program Accreditations. Upon completing an
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The Department of Criminal Justice provides undergraduate and graduate degree programs designed to give students comprehensive understanding of the nature and causes of crime, criminal justice processes, criminal justice organizations and agency practices, and the law and legal system.
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